Lord of War (2005)

Gallivanting across the globe, we watch a broke nobody slowly turn his life around on a foundation of gunpowder. Nicholas Cage playing an immigrated arms dealer seems like an easy enough story to buy into, but there's a strange disconnect going on throughout the film that keeps much of any of it from coming alive. Like a lot of lacking movies, though, it sure looks good, with highly stylized environments and some generally appealing camera work. And some of the situations our anti-hero finds himself in are certainly amusing. Yet though there are some good moments, between the odd start-stop pacing and a strangely apathetic performance by Cage himself, you simply wind up with too many missed opportunities.

4 out of 10.